Amaranth Porridge with Apple & Almonds
by Asaf Feit | Amaranth, Breakfast, Cleansing & Reducing, Cold & Dry, Decrease Kapha, Decrease Pitta, Decrease Pitta-Kapha, Easy to Digest, Fall, Liver fire, Liver Phlegm Stagnation, Recipes, Spring, Stimulating, Summer |
Amaranth Porridge with Apple & Almonds
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Total Time 40 mins
- 1 cup amaranth Vata 0 Pitta - Kapha -
- 1 apple Vata + Pitta - - Kapha - or pear (Vata 0 Pitta - - Kapha +)
- 1 tsp. ghee Vata - Pitta - - Kapha +
- 1 date chopped (Vata - Pitta - Kapha +)
- 1/4 cup raisins Vata - Pitta - Kapha 0
- Pinch clove ground (Vata + Pitta - Kapha -)
- 1/2 tsp. cardamom ground (Vata - Pitta - Kapha -)
- Pinch salt Vata - - Pitta 0 Kapha +
- 5 cups water Vata 0 Pitta - Kapha +
- 1/4 cup almonds slightly roasted (Vata - - Pitta - - Kapha +)
Dice the apple or pear to small, bite size, cubes.
Heat the ghee in a medium cooking pot, on medium flame.
When the ghee has melted, add the apple, raisins and date and mix.
Add the cardamom and clove, stir and add the amaranth.
Mix well.
Add the water, bring to boil, add a pinch of salt and cook on medium flame, uncovered, until the desired consistency of cereal is achieved.
Serve in bowls and top with almonds.
